From Gary Zimmerman, ca. 11/98: RESOLUTION OF ATI TILT SENSORS The response of the dielectric tilt sensors is not linear over the full range of the sensors. The previous versions of sonic anemometers employed an anti-log amplifier to compensate. The new design of sonic was designed with much smaller and less power consumptive electronics and this feature was eliminiated. The response of the sensors in the range of +/- three degrees of level is sufficiently flat and accurate enough to be used. The range from three to five degrees is not. The resolution of the co-ordinate translated outputs is: 1 LSB = 0.025 degrees. This resolution remains true for the range of +/- 3 degrees. The output for angles greater than three degrees will increase exponentially from a reading of 0120 (bipolar output), to 2048 for a full scale reading. The angle needed for a full scale output will vary from 4.5 to 5 degrees. The intent of the tilt sensors was to aid in the installation of the sonic probe and to check that the mounting doesn't change. Post processing to compensate for non-level installations could be accomplished as long as the offset was less than 3 degrees. We have not studied the response time of these sensors to determine if they are adequate to process angles on a moving platform. If you have an application for this, contact us and we will try to determine if this is possible.